3rd Annual Gilda's Gang 5K and 1 Mile Family Fun Run

Gilda’s Gang 5K and 1-Mile Fun Run is an untimed, all-ages, all-abilities fundraising and community building event held at Shelby Park in East Nashville.
Established in 2021, the event drew more than 275 participants in its first year – a combination of individuals and families served by Gilda’s Club; longtime Gilda’s Club volunteers and supporters; and community and business leaders. The event returns for its third year on Saturday, April 1, 2023. Registration starts at $35 per person with kids 12 and under free.

Gilda’s Gang 5K and 1-Mile Family Fun Run is named in honor of Dr. Gail Addlestone, a long-time Gilda’s Club volunteer and staff member who established a half-marathon training program and fundraiser – dubbed “Gilda’s Gang” – that raised more than $1.3 million for Gilda’s Club between 2006 and 2017. Despite losing Gail to metastatic breast cancer in 2007, her legacy of service, hard work and determination lives on through events like this one.

About Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee
Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee, an affiliate of the Cancer Support Community, is dedicated to providing support, education, and hope to all people impacted by cancer, including those diagnosed and family and friends. Free of charge to everyone – thanks to generous donors – Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee’s evidence-based program for adults, teens, children, and families includes support groups, health and nutrition coaching, healthy lifestyle workshops, mind-body classes, social activities, educational lectures, and community resource information. Offering approximately 70 professionally-led support and networking groups, and more than 80 educational workshops and lectures each month – either online or from their midtown Nashville location, Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee is able to make a tangible difference in the lives of those impacted by cancer.

Gilda’s Club: We build community, so no one has to face cancer alone.

Photo Credit: Abigail Merritt Photography

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